Truss.



No. 769,952. PATENTED SEPT. 13,1904. B. LINDMAN.

TRUSS.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 9. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Witnesses I fig MM item H013 proved truss.

NITED STATES Patented September 13, 1904.

EErcE.

PATENT TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,952, dated September 13, 1904.

Application filed March 9, 1904.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNHARD LINDMAN, of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention has for its object to provide a truss which will give greater comfort to the wearer and be more eflicacious in the treatment of hernia.

The invention may be said, briefly, to consist of novel means whereby a variable connection between the hernia-pads and their carrier proper is effected in order that said pads may be adjusted to different angular positions relatively to one another.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and wherein- Figure 1 is a persective View of my im- Figs. 2 and 3 are front and side elevations, respectively, of my improved means for adjustably connecting the auxiliary carrier to the main carrier. v

The carrier proper or truss-belt b has one or more adjustable auxiliary carriers 0, each connected thereto by my improved coupling. This coupling consists of a pair of splitblocks cl and 0, each having a perforation f, and one of them having a single lug 9, while the other has a pair of lugs h, adapted to straddle said single lug, said lugs being perforated to receive a screw e, adapted to tighten the blocks relatively to one another, and a pair of setscrews j allow of the closing together of the parts of the split blocks. A pair of herniapads are carried by the carrier proper and one or more by auxiliary carriers.

The relative arrangement of the carriers and the coupling depends upon the nature of the hernia; but however it maybe necessary to arrange them the main carrier 5 is inserted in one of the perforations f and the end of the auxiliary carrier 0 opposite to that upon which its hernia-pad is carried is inserted in the other perforation. If it is desired to locate the pad upon the auxiliary carrier above that upon Serial No. 197,590. (No model.)

the main carrier, the screw i should be loosened and the split blocks carrying said auxiliary carrier tilted to the uppermost position, (shown in dotted lines in the drawings,)'or if it is desirous to locate said pad in any other position within the radius of the adjustment of said blocks relatively to one another it can of course be done and the screw 1: again tightened. If it is desired to locate the pad upon the auxiliary carrier farther below that upon the main carrier than the adjustment of the blocks will allow, the coupling may be reversed and the main carrier inserted in the upper perforation f and the end of the auxiliary carrier in the lower, after which the screw 2' can be loosened, the blocks adjusted to their required relative position and again tightened, thereby giving much greater scope to the truss than is obtained by bending the main carrier, as has been done heretofore, although, if-desired, the main carrier can be bent to locate an additional pad, as would be necessary to reach a femoral hernia. It is obvious that the auxiliary carriers can be adjusted to positions to accommodate pads for almost any form of hernia.

What I claim is as follows:

1. In a truss the combination of a'main carrier having a hernia-pad mounted thereon, an auxiliary carrier having a hernia-pad mounted thereon, and means ad justably connecting said main and auxiliary carriers together, said means consisting of a pair of members pivotally connected together, means for clamping one of said members upon said main carrier and the other upon the end of said auxiliary carrier, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. In atruss the combination of a main carrier having a hernia-pad mounted thereon, an auxiliary carrier having a hernia-pad mounted thereon, and means adjustably connecting said main and auxiliary carriers together, said means consisting of a pair of split blocks pivotally connected together and having perforations to receive said main carrier and the end of said auxiliary carrier, and means for opening and closing said perforations, substan tially as described and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a truss the combination of a main carrier having a hernia-pad mounted thereon, an auxiliary carrier having a hernia-pad mounted thereon, and means adjustably connecting said main and auxiliary carriers together, said means consisting of a pair of split blocks pivotally connected together and having perforations to receive said main carrier and the end of said auxiliary carrier, and screws for open- 7 ing and closing said perforations, substan- IO tially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony Where'ofI have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

BERNHARD LINDMAN. Witnesses:

FRED J. SEARs, ARTHUR H. EVANS. 

